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Radioactive wasps nest sparks urgent warning at Cold War nuclear weapon site
Four wasp nests contaminated with radioactive material have sparked concern that new or old radioactive contamination is coming to the surface at the old site
Radioactive Wasp Nests Discovered Near Cold War-Era Nuclear Storage Site
Radioactive wasp nests have been identified at the Savannah River Site, a nuclear facility on a 310-square-mile property in South Carolina close to the Georgia border. Workers found the first contaminated nest in early July of this year in the area that stores radioactive liquid waste. Three more have been discovered since then.
Radioactive wasp nest discovered in US: Routine check findings at Cold War-era nuclear facility; radiation levels 10 times above limit
Routine checks at the Savannah River Site, a former US nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, revealed a radioactive wasp nest emitting radiation
Radioactive wasp nest found at former Cold War nuclear weapons site in South Carolina
Contamination level of nest 10 times higher than what is allowed by federal regulations, says Department of Energy report - Anadolu Ajansı
Radioactive wasp nests spring up in decadesold nuclear site in South Carolina
Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina—had found one radioactive nest on July 3. The discovery was documented in a July 22 report by the US Department of Energy, which owns the site. The report said that the nest was on a post near a tank used to store nuclear waste and that it "was probing 100,
Radioactive wasp nests at South Carolina nuclear weapons site raise worries about possible contamination, leaks
The buzz about radioactive wasps at a Cold War-era nuclear site in South Carolina just won’t die. Investigators found “hot” nests inside a nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina, with scientists warning it could be evidence of either a leak or contamination that wasn’t previously detected.

Swimming banned at Cape Hatteras due to suspected Cold War petroleum leak

A section of beach along North Carolina’s Outer Banks has been closed to swimming due to a petroleum leak believed to ...

Thailand-Cambodia border conflict: colonial roots of the war

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 149.
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St. Charles County Residents Eligible for Federal Compensation for Cold War-Era Radiation-Related Cancers

Missouri's St. Charles County residents are set to get federal compensation for Cold War-era radiation-related cancers.
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The surprising lessons of a secret cold-war nuclear programme

I N THE DEPTHS of the cold war, American spooks and generals came to suspect that the nuclear-weapons club was about to gain ...

Pope marks 50th anniversary of Cold War-era deal on security and human rights

ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for a renewed commitment to diplomacy to resolve conflicts as he marked ...
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Cold War or WWIII? Russian invasion of Ukraine draws comparisons

Historians pinpoint the Cold War as starting with the Truman Doctrine in 1947 and ending with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It's likely the U.S. is going to be entering a prolonged ...
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The New Cold War - CBS News

The Cold War as we knew it may be over, but both the U.S. and Russia still keep enough nuclear weapons on alert to end civilization. And now a new Cold War is brewing with both sides developing ...

'83 - Official 'Cold War Gone Hot' Gameplay Trailer

Check out the 'Cold War Gone Hot' Gameplay Trailer for '83, a Cold War era first-person tactical shooter developed by Blue ...